A clawhammer version of the tune Betsy Likens based on the fiddle playing of Henry Reed. Played on a fretless banjo with Nylgut strings tuned aEADE.

Recordings of this tune by Henry Reed are available on the Library of Congress website under the Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (recorded by Alan Jabbour). It is found under the title "Betsy Likens" as well as "Granny Put the Kettle On."

Two tabs of this clawhammer version are available at:
http://www.archive.org/details/BetsyLikens-ClawhammerBanjoTab


This audio is part of the collection: Community Audio
It also belongs to collection:

Artist/Composer: Nicholas Poss
Keywords: banjo; clawhammer; fiddle; fiddle tunes; folk music; music; old time; Henry Reed

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0

Individual Files

Be the first to write a review
Downloaded 431 times Reviews